Reviews

The Good Soldier : A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford

thelyingbitch's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

zosia's review against another edition

4.0

Rounded up to 4 stars as the last 30 pages were brilliant. A very interesting unreliable, elliptical narration with a lot of time-shifts, which made me think of the works of Barnes or Ishiguro. What I disliked, however, were the dull, ridiculous characters and the main story...

gabyadams's review against another edition

5.0

hello what this was so good

savaging's review against another edition

1.0

Ford Madox Ford is a skilled writer. Which makes the terrible boredom of this book even more painful to me. He could have written a novel about something that mattered. Instead he wrote The Good Soldier.

He is like Henry James with an ironic smile, saucier gossip, and less personal love for his characters.

It adds to the unhappiness in the world each time The Good Soldier gets placed on one of those lists of 100-best-books.

rhetoricalsoup's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

canolew's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

daschneider's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

cdbird17's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

sharanyasarathy's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

zerinasahar's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0